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Big Frank 10-17-2018 06:36 PM


Originally Posted by carid (Post 3405342)
So the measurements of the hex heads are: 10mm, 14mm and 16mm. Not sure if you can use them for the lugs on the wheels, because the shovel is flat. It should help you in emergency situation, but I wouldn't recommend using it as a tool for wrenching full time. The torque applied to fasten the wheels is pretty high so it may eventually damage the screw-thread in the modular handle. Although the shovel is pretty tough to handle all other abuse.

I know you couldn't get the shovel head inside a deep offset wheel to use the wrench, but a section of the handle would be long enough to reach. That's why I said If the handles could be used for a lug wrench it would be even better. Attaching the other handle sections to that handle section would be the tricky part. And my lug nuts are only supposed to be torqued down to 27 ft.-lbs. The handles shouldn't have too much stress on them.

Big Frank 10-17-2018 06:44 PM


Originally Posted by MooseHenden (Post 3405391)
I forget what they're called but there is a pin with a wire spring that is shaped like 1/2 a circle. It clips over the end of the pin and pivots on a couple holes in the pin. Haven't lost one yet.

Like this? The Polaris Multi-Mount winch on my 01' 500 H.O. had 2 of them. It was so easy to take the winch off the back and put it on the front if I needed it up there, that it takes longer for me to type a reply than switching the winch around did. http://wilsonmfgco.com/products/pin/wirelockpin/

Zerk 10-17-2018 07:19 PM


Originally Posted by MooseHenden (Post 3405391)
I forget what they're called but there is a pin with a wire spring that is shaped like 1/2 a circle. It clips over the end of the pin and pivots on a couple holes in the pin. Haven't lost one yet.

Ya that is what I used. I got a tractor and shop a lot at fleet farm Still fell off. The clips are not really tight and no weight hold the pin, when strapped on the back of sled. I could probably try again. But the wing nut works, just have to take cloves off . Hope I don't drop in snow.

MooseHenden 10-18-2018 02:59 PM


Originally Posted by Big Frank (Post 3405401)
Like this? The Polaris Multi-Mount winch on my 01' 500 H.O. had 2 of them. It was so easy to take the winch off the back and put it on the front if I needed it up there, that it takes longer for me to type a reply than switching the winch around did. http://wilsonmfgco.com/products/pin/wirelockpin/

That's exactly what I was talking about.

Big Frank 10-18-2018 09:25 PM


Originally Posted by MooseHenden (Post 3405467)
That's exactly what I was talking about.

I thought so. My first ATV plow used a pair of the square-cornered ones to attach the push tubes to the mount. I had to lay on the ground and use my foot to push and pull the blade back and forth to get one pin in, then lay on the ground again to do the other side. I had to lay on the ground 2 more times to pull the pins back out. It sucks doing that over and over if you ride in the winter like I did back then. If I had a garage it wouldn't be so bad but I'd still have to lay down on the floor. I hit the curb or the edge of one of the concrete slabs in my driveway hard enough to bend the pins. Until I got spare pins I had to hammer them out straight to put them in again. My Glacier plow fixed that problem. There aren't any pins. If you get the right size pins they'll work on a trailer hitch to keep the lever on the coupler from unlatching, but I always use a lock to be on the safe side.

carid 11-12-2018 06:06 AM


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Big Frank 11-13-2018 01:14 AM

If I'm wearing pants I always have knife in my pocket, unless I'm in a courthouse where I've have gotten a non-metallic knife past the metal detector, but that's another story. So unless I'm out shoveling with no pants on for some unforeseen reason, I don't need a knife in the shovel handle. The knife in my pocket is a lot easier to get to than that one, but if reaching into my pocket is too much trouble, I'll use the multi-tool that's in a belt pouch on my hip. I already have a shovel that chops wood, and I don't need a wrench that I can't actually use as a wrench. And I can pick mushrooms without a knife. Cutting them makes them go bad a lot faster anyway. I'm thoroughly unimpressed by the last video.

scootergptx 11-13-2018 08:22 AM


Originally Posted by Big Frank (Post 3407168)
If I'm wearing pants I always have knife in my pocket, unless I'm in a courthouse where I've have gotten a non-metallic knife past the metal detector, but that's another story. So unless I'm out shoveling with no pants on for some unforeseen reason, I don't need a knife in the shovel handle. The knife in my pocket is a lot easier to get to than that one, but if reaching into my pocket is too much trouble, I'll use the multi-tool that's in a belt pouch on my hip. I already have a shovel that chops wood, and I don't need a wrench that I can't actually use as a wrench. And I can pick mushrooms without a knife. Cutting them makes them go bad a lot faster anyway. I'm thoroughly unimpressed by the last video.

Seriously, wear the pants. :p


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Big Frank 11-13-2018 06:02 PM


Originally Posted by scootergptx (Post 3407195)

:lol: Yeah, the neighbors wouldn't like the view when I bent over. :eek:


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